Guest guest Posted June 6, 2004 Report Share Posted June 6, 2004 The quarterly magazine, "Hinduism Today," published out of Hawaii, has a regular two-page feature of Hindu-oriented humor, both jokes and cartoons. -- Len/ Kalipadma On Sat, 5 Jun 2004 22:16:06 -0700 (PDT) sankara menon <kochu1tz writes: > I am too dry a person; not really humorous :'( what can I do ? i > tried....................... > > Mary Ann <maryann wrote: > Hmm, yes, that's unfortunate. However, I was hoping for a "gut > buster," something along the lines of "A sadhak walked into the > skull and bones store the other day...." Truly, is there anything > mentioned about laughter in Hindu spiritual teachings? > > BTW Amma will be visiting Los Angeles later this month, > 6/22-26. Amma's Los Angeles area Sadhana's music group will be > performing many chants during the program when Amma is here - > including "Bolo Bolo" - thanks to a Shakti Sadhana member who found > the lyrics for me online (msbauju). I especially like "Bolo Bolo" > because the words say that Shiva plays a drum, and music, like > laughter, heals. > > Mary Ann > > , sankara menon > <kochu1tz> wrote: > > > > The best "Tantric joke" that I have been seeing has been the > dredging for information by a member posting the same message on all > the Hindu religious groups. > > Later on we can expect a "Schowlerly" book on Tantra pieceing > together what a lot of people said as the author's research or we > can find him/her setting up himself/herself as a "guru". > > > > Mary Ann <maryann@m...> wrote: > > That is funny, and astute. What a great idea! > > > > I was thinking this past week that there is a misalignment in the > body-mind that is causing the failure of communication between > sexuality and love. For example, continual focus on the beauty of > youth, the "youth industry," when so much of life and spiritual > understanding begins after age 40 (certain American presidents > excepted, of course). Then there is the flourishing porn industry, > flourishing law enforcement / law-breaking industry, flourishing > weapons manufacturing industry, flourishing war industry, > flourishing political machine industry, etc. Yet we all know that > the world has the resources to feed, clothe and house all its > peoples. We have the resources to develop "clean" energy, and to > afford everyone a meaningful place in societies worldwide. But this > is not what we do with the majority of our energy and time on the > planet. Instead, we stay compartmentalized in these various > deadening industries. > > > > Compassion and love are then relegated to the domain of religion > which tends to be anti-sex and promotes only partial humanity for > men and women (e.g. the institution of marriage and its underlying > imbalances), causing and further reinforcing destructive tendencies > and perpetuating the misalignment which does not allow the > connection between all the parts of us within our bodies and minds. > > > > Someone please, post some jokes or something! I'm bumming myself > out! Is there tantric humor?? > > > > Amma told a funny joke when she was in LA last year. Here it is, > in case I didn't post it then: > > > > A husband came into his home after work all out of breath. He > said to his wife: "I just saved $2.00 by running home from work > behind the bus instead of getting on it!" She said: "That wasn't > very smart! You could have run home behind a taxi and saved $20!" > > > > Mary Ann > > > > , "prainbow61" > > <paulie-rainbow@u...> wrote: > > > I think that Robin Williams was the comic who suggested changing > the undergarments of soldiers to silk boxer shorts, because you just > don't feel like killing people when you're in silk boxer shorts. > > > > > > namaste, > > > > > > pr > > > > > > , > > "Detective_Mongo_Phd" > > > <detective_mongo_phd@h...> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > As Guruji notes, "Your body is a temple. All parts of your > body are made by Goddess and are divine. They are the seats of all > powers, both manifest and latent. They are the real Sakti Peethas. > ... Sri Chakra is located in all the female genitals at the > clitoris." Is not the sadhak or sadhika who arrives at the santum > sanctorum, then, verily Shiva Him- (or Her-) self? > > > > > > > > > > > > ------I love the fact that Sri Amritananda is unafraid of > using the actual tantric language and facts of the practice. Love > of the human body is love of the very temple of the divine. This > simple knowledge > > > could allay a lot of fear and anger if people could just get > over their fear of vulnerability. Often those who are the most > warring are also those most unable to just let go of their hangups, > probably due to some sort of negative reinforcement. All sentient > beings from > > > single celled to universes live to engage in sexual union. If > humans realized this and made peace with it then those who were > power hungry would recognize their displaced sexual nature and maybe > be able to prevent their warring nature from occuring. People should > > have sex school. 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